CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME : BAHAME TOM MUKIRYA NYANDUGA

DATE OF BIRTH : 10th APRIL 1954

PLACE OF BIRTH : MUSOMA DISTRICT,

NATIONALITY : TANZANIAN

MARITAL STATUS : MARRIED, FOUR CHILDREN

PROFESSIONAL OCCUPATION: ADVOCATE OF THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA SINCE

1994

CURRENT POSITIONS: CHAIRPERSON,

COMMISSION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE,-THE NHRI OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA- APPOINTED IN JANUARY 2015.

INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOMALIA, SINCE MAY 2014, APPOINTED BY THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL, GENEVA.

BETWEEN DECEMBER 1994 AND DECEMBER 2014, WAS THE MANAGING PARTNER OF

NYANDUGA LAW CHAMBERS, (ADVOCATES),

DAR ES SALAAM

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: 1977 LL. B (HONS) – UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM,

TANZANIA

1980 P.G. DIPLOMA INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS,

CENTRE FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS, DAR ES SALAAM,

1981 POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA – INTERNATIONAL LAW

INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL STUDIES, THE HAGUE,

NETHERLANDS, – PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF

INTERNATIONAL DISPUTES,

1987 LL. M (LSE) (UNIVERSITY OF LONDON), U. K.

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS

LAW

1993, AUGUST: ATTENDED THE HAGUE ACADEMY OF

INTERNATIONAL LAW/ UNITAR PROGRAMME ON HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, PEACE PALACE, THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS.

WORK EXPERIENCE: 1977 STATE ATTORNEY, GRADE III (TRAINEE)

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, DAR ES SALAAM,

1978 –1984; THIRD SECRETARY, LEGAL AFFAIRS,

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DAR ES SALAAM,

1984 – 1989; SECOND/FIRST SECRETARY, LEGAL AND

ECONOMIC AFFAIRS;

TANZANIA HIGH COMMISSION; LONDON, U.K.

1989 – 1994 ; COUNSELLOR, INTERNATIONAL LAW AND

DIPLOMATIC PRACTICE,

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, DAR ES SALAAM.

DECEMBER 1994 - ADMITTED TO THE BAR, AS AN

ADVOCATE OF THE HIGH COURT OF TANZANIA AND

PRACTITIONER BEFORE THE TANZANIA COURT OF

APPEAL.

- A CURRENT MEMBER OF THE TANGANYIKA LAW

SOCIETY, AND EAST AFRICA LAW SOCIETY.

SINCE DECEMBER 1994 REGISTERED TO PRACTISE LAW IN TANZANIA; MAIN AREAS OF

PRACTICE; CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LITIGATION, COMPANY LAW, CONVEYANCING, LABOUR LAW AND ARBITRATION.

-LEGAL CONSULTANT: ON HUMAN RIGHTS LAW,

INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW, DIPLOMATIC

AND CONSULAR LAW, AND PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS HELD

(i)  PRESIDENT, TANGANYIKA LAW SOCIETY, 2000/1

(ii)  PRESIDENT, EAST AFRICA LAW SOCIETY, 2004- 06

(iii)  ELECTED BY THE AFRICAN UNION MAPUTO SUMMIT 2003 TO BE A COMMISSIONER, AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS, BANJUL, THE GAMBIA; 2003-09,

(iv)  SERVED AS ACTING CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION, BETWEEN MAY AND NOVEMBER 2009.

(v)  SERVED AS THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON REFUGEES, ASYLM SEEKERS AND MIGRANTS IN AFRICA UNDER THE AFRICAN COMMISSION, BETWEEN 2005 AND 2009.

(vi)  LEGAL CONSULTANT TO THE AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION DURING THE DRAFTING OF THE AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION OF INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN AFRICA.-THE KAMPALA CONVENTION, 2006 TO 2009.

ACADEMIC AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES.

(i)  Participated in numerous international conferences during long years of service in the Tanzania diplomatic service, including the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government Summits, Vancouver 1985; Bahamas 1987;

(ii)  The defunct OAU Assembly, 1993, Tunis, Tunisia.

(iii)  Participated in the African Union Assembly sessions in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 2008; and Sirte, Libya 2009 in capacity of Acting Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.

(iv)  Part Time Lecturer;

(a)  The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa, 2005 to 2009.

(b)  The Faculty of Law, Human Rights Summer School, University of Louvent, Belgium, 2007, 2008.

Published a number of articles on Human Rights and International Criminal Justice.

Referee;

1.  Hon Justice Joseph Sinde Warioba, Former Prime Minister and First Vice President of Tanzania, Former Judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Dare s Salaam, Tanzania.

2.  Prof. Chaloka Beyani,

Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, OHCHR, Geneva, Switzerland.

3.  Prof Chris Peter Maina,

Chairman, Zanzibar Legal Services Centre,

Zanzibar, Tanzania, and member of the International Law Commission.

16 June 2016.